Question:
How do I start to lose again?Been the same weight for 1.5 mos!!

I am really nervous haven't lost weight since mid February. I am 10 mos post op and down 110 lbs. Is this the end!! Please say NO!!How do I break this plateau??    — NCCindyLu (posted on April 8, 2003)

April 8, 2003
Cindy, it's often hard to say at 10 months whether or not we are done. I am over 10 months post-op as well and haven't lost in almost a month, but am only 5 lbs. away from my goal. Do I honestly think it is over? no, i think I may have to try a little harder and get off those last 5lbs. The last few pounds are always the hardest to get off. And you can find yourself on plateaus for weeks and months. Try doing the norm- exercise one more extra day, eat 10 more grams of protein a day, drink more water, etc. Also try switching up your routine- are you always eating chicken everyday? then try fish. Our bodies get used to things quickly, so sometimes change helps. Goodluck to you!
   — Lezlie Y.

April 8, 2003
Thanks Leslie...I just get very nervous because I still have about 50-60 lbs to get to my goal. I will try what you said ..something different, and eat more protein and less carbs(my downfall!!)I drink plenty of water, so I must be eating too many carbs.
   — NCCindyLu

April 8, 2003
Hey Cindy, I just had the same problem. I was on a plateau for 8 weeks and was really freaking out. I broke mine by changing my exercise program. I was doing 30 min on the eliptical and then lifting - now I do 30 min on stairstepper, 15 on eliptical and lift. Hope this helps - I lost 8 lbs the next week.
   — kandi S.

April 8, 2003
I hadn't lost anything for the last 9 weeks...I will be 11 months on Sunday. I was FREAKING OUT !!! I only weigh on Sunday and low and behold this week when I weighed...down 6 pounds. The only thing I did different last week was drank 1 extra 16 oz bottle of water and ate breakfast instead of drinking a protein shake.
   — Sharon H.

April 8, 2003
Lezlie and the others are right, sometimes just changing your routine, whether it is the food or the exercise, eating or exercising less or even more works. Increasing water and protein can also work, as does cutting out some carbs. Its amazing how quickly those nasty carbs creep into the diet-some are OK, too many are not. The weight loss is not over for you, it just becomes WORK at this point-we all reach that point eventually where we have to do more to get it to continue to go down. Only this time, with our handy, dandy tool, its easier!
   — Cindy R.